Display-card



R. T. STAFFORD.

DISPLAY CARD.

a 0 m a m NlTEDsTATes PATENT, OFFICE.

ROGERS TOVJNLEY' STAFFORD, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO B.A.

BALLOU & COMPANY, INCORPORATED, 0F PRO'V'IDENGE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPO-BATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

DISPLAY-CARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 15, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Roenns T. STAFFORD, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDisplay- Cards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display cards more particularly of the type onwhich is mounted lingerie pins and the like, and has for its object toprovide such a card having a pair of tongues with an intermediatecross-bar under which tongues the pins may be readily passed andsecurely held in position thereby.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1-.is a perspective view showing my improved form of displaycard.

Fig. 2- is a perspective view showing the card as bent slightly tofacilitate the entering of the pin in position beneath the two retainingtongues.

Fig. 3- is a sectional elevation on line 33 of Fig. 2 illustrating thepin as being locked in position on the card by the co-ac tion of the twotongues and the bridge member.

Fig. 4?- is a View of the under side of the display card showing theclasp mounted thereon.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the body of the card in whichis formed two tongues 11 and 12 placed side by side and spaced apartfrom each other, preferably ex tending in opposite directions, one end13 of each tongue being cut from the stock leaving this end free to beraised from the plane of the stock for the purpose of permitting thework to be readily passed thereunder in the manner illustrated at 17 inFig. 2; and I have also provided a bridge member 14: intermediate ofsaid tongue whose ends are both uncut and are left integral with thebody of the card.

I have also formed an opening 16 through the card on either side of eachtongue for the purpose of receiving the stock of the work to be mounted.V

This display card is preferably constructed to have mounted thereon acertain style of pin-or clasp known as a lingerie clasp but any style ofwork may be mounted on this cardwhich its special construction adapts itto receive.

As lingerie clasps are usually sold in pairs I preferably form two setsof tongues as above described in each card, but I do not wish to limitits construction to forming the tongues so that they will extend inopposite directions, as in some instances both tongues may extend in thesame direction if desired.

In mounting the lingerie clasp upon this card I preferably bend the cardslightly, as illustrated in Fig. 2, which raises the free ends of theopposite tongues 11 and 12 from the plane of the card; I then positionthe clasp on an angle'to the tongues, as illustrated in Fig. 2, andswing the ends of the clasp in opposite directions under the oppositetongues, the curve 17 in the bottom bar of the clasp causing it to ridenicely over the middle bridge member 14 which serves as a saddle andthen extend into the spaces 16 on either side of the tongues which serveto receive the stock of the clasp and the natural spring of the tongueserves to hold the clasps causing them to press the lower bar 17 of theclasp into the spaces 16 and so hold the whole firmly in position to bedisplayed without any liability of accidental displacement.

My improved display card is extremely simple in construction, is veryeffective in its operation, permits the clasp to be readily mountedtherein, holds the same firmly when mounted and also permits the claspto be readily demounted therefrom when desired. The foregoingdescription is directed solely toward the construction illustrated, butI desire it to be understood that'I reserve the privilege of resortingto all the mechanical from the stock, a bar between said tongues changesto which the device is susceptible, disposed parallel therewith andhaving both 10 the invention being defined and limited only endsintegral with the card, said card being by the terms of the appendedclaim. provided with openings therethroughon each 5 V I claim: 4 side ofeach tongue of a width to receive the A display card having a pair ofside by stock of the work to be mounted.

side, spaced-apart oppositely-extending par- In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature. 15 allel tongues, each having one free end outROGERS TOWNLEY STAFFORD.

